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Doll making courses/schools/academies based in Europe or online

Jan 11, 2023

    1. Dear people,
      I hope you are fine and safe.
      I would like to know if you have information regarding doll making courses, schools, academies...etc based in Europe or online.
      Thank you very much for your help,
      Ioannis
       
      #1 IonM8, Jan 11, 2023
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    2. Hello dear!

      I would love to know that as well. I've found a nice head sculpting course in russia via internet many years ago. All the participiants showed their wonderfull results. I was totally thrilled about it and ever since then, I hoped someone in Europe might held a similar course someday.

      Didn't found any... so far.
       
      #2 madhatter!, Jan 11, 2023
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    3. Hello!
      The artist Adele Po has online classes on her website that you pay for once and get lifetime access too: https://w w w.adelepo.com (remove the spaces between the "w"s to make a working site address)

      She makes cast-ceramic ball jointed dolls and other art dolls, but most of the sculpting techniques also work for resin dolls. And she has good free tutorials for a bunch of things including making a single part silicone mold.

      Also, it may be worth your time to take a look at some of the sub threads under the Workshop tab. There is a Making a BJD sub-thread with a lot of potentially relevant information. Good luck with your research and your future projects!
       
      #3 Seafoam Shade, Jan 11, 2023
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    4. That is great!
      Thank you very much for your help. I will check it out

      Good evening madhatter,
      I hope you are fine.
      I am sure that we can find something related to doll making in europe as well but it is not easy.
      Let's hope that people will react to this thread
       
      #4 IonM8, Jan 11, 2023
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    5. I didn't know they had doll making schools. I would like to attend if there was one near my area. I'm not from Europe.
       
      #5 Forever We Are Young, Jan 11, 2023
    6. Hi Forever We Are Young,
      If there was one near me, I would love to attend courses in a school as such
       
      #6 IonM8, Jan 11, 2023
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    7. #7 ellie, Jan 12, 2023
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    8. Dear Ellie,
      Thank you very much. I will check it :)
      Enjoy your day,
      Ioannis

      Indeed! it seems very good!
      Even though I do not know the artist, comments are showing that it is a useful and interesting online course!
      Thanks again Ellie!
       
      #8 IonM8, Jan 12, 2023
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    9. @IonM8 no problem glad to help!
       
      #9 ellie, Jan 12, 2023
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